# Baseball Question **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 12, 2011, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-question/578119 "2011-04-12T17:46:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SanDiegoTim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@SanDiegoTim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanDiegoTim)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-question/578119/1 "2011-04-12T17:46:21Z")
Anyone know what is the average number of singles, doubles, triples and home runs hit in a major league game? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-question/578119/2 "2011-04-12T17:54:34Z")
Moved to the Game Room from GQ. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-question/578119/3 "2011-04-12T18:01:42Z")
> [@SanDiegoTim](#): > > Anyone know what is the average number of singles, doubles, triples and home runs hit in a major league game? [Here](http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL/2010.shtml) are the totals from 2010 for the National League. You can change to the AL or the year by changing the url. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-question/578119/4 "2011-04-12T19:15:13Z")
From those season totals, one can figure out the average in a game by dividing by 30 (the number of MLB teams), and then by 162 (the number of games each team plays in a season), then multiplying by 2 (since two teams play in each game). For MLB in 2010, that yields, in an average game, across both teams: - 11.8 singles - 3.5 doubles - 0.4 triples - 1.9 home runs ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-question/578119/5 "2011-04-12T19:29:11Z")
Wait, I found a better page. I knew [b-r.com](http://b-r.com) had one… > **[Major League Batting Year-by-Year Averages | Baseball-Reference.com](https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/bat.shtml)** > > Major League Batting Year-by-Year Averages, Batting Totals and more on Baseball-Reference.com It says that all stats are per game, but I think it means per game _per team_. (It has to be, since it’s impossible to average 38 PA for both teams combined.) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-question/578119/6 "2011-04-12T19:31:25Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Wait, I found a better page. I knew [b-r.com](http://b-r.com) had one… > > [Major League Batting Year-by-Year Averages | Baseball-Reference.com](http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/bat.shtml) > > It says that all stats are per game, but I think it means per game _per team_. (It has to be, since it’s impossible to average 38 PA for both teams combined.) Agreed that it has to be per-team. And, I’m reassured that my math was correct. 🙂